[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3743 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3743

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Transportation to issue regulations to ensure airfare fairness in the 
        wake of a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2017

Ms. Velazquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Transportation to issue regulations to ensure airfare fairness in the 
        wake of a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Freeze of Astronomical 
Increases in Rates Act'' or the ``AirFAIR Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCESSIVE AVIATION TICKET PRICE INCREASES DURING DISASTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Excessive Ticket Price Increases During Disasters.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be an unfair or deceptive 
        practice under subsection (a) for any ticket agent, air 
        carrier, foreign air carrier, or other person offering to sell 
        tickets for air transportation to impose an excessive increase 
        in the price of such tickets in circumstances related to a 
        disaster or emergency.
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue regulations 
        to establish standards for determining whether an increase in a 
        ticket price is excessive for purposes of paragraph (1). At a 
        minimum, the standards shall ensure that an increase of 30 
        percent or more is treated as being excessive.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this section, the term `disaster' or 
        `emergency' means a disaster or emergency as declared by a 
        State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession 
        of the United States.''.
    (b) Unfair Ticket Pricing Practices.--
            (1) Study.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration shall conduct a study on whether any ticket 
        agent, air carrier, foreign air carrier, or other person 
        offering to sell tickets for air transportation has engaged in 
        unfair practices in the sale of such tickets in circumstances 
        related to a disaster or emergency.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the results of the study.
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